Re: [LARTC] management of virus and p2p-traffic

[Jason Boxman <jasonb@edseek.com>]

On Monday 21 June 2004 13:36, Ralf Staudemeyer wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have to manage a network with approx. 200 users, a 256kbit/s unmanaged
> Internet connection and a 3Mbit/s unreliable managed Internet connection
> (only http/ftp-proxy and ssh available). All users are in one Class C
> Subnet with 512 IP-Addresses. 60% of the machines are Windows. The rest
> are SUN and Linux. At the moment Windows viruses and p2p-traffic eats
> most of our bandwidth.

Wow.  Subnets are your friend.  Subnet if you can.

<snip>
> My question is if there are known running solutions out there that would
> fit these aims? The Windows machines with their viruses give me a
> headache. I do not want to enforce remote Windows patching and
> virusscanner updating. It should also be taken into account that there
> is nearly no money available for any special equipment. Best would be to
> get this job done with a couple of old computers.

I'd suggest social engineering and suggestion.  See if you can get your users 
to clean up and tone down p2p. :)

> Another question is that I want to know if it is advisable to split
> traffic filtering and traffic management/monitoring.
>
> I would appreciate any help.
>
> Regards
> Ralf
>

-- 

Jason Boxman
Perl Programmer / *NIX Systems Administrator
Shimberg Center for Affordable Housing | University of Florida
http://edseek.com/ - Linux and FOSS stuff

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